this epic photo (soon after my 33rd birthday) was taken not far from legendary Maidan Nezalezhnosti in XII.2013, when Ukrainian protest had already taken form of (r)evolution, while preserving faith in peaceful solution for conflict against pro-Russian establishment through defending the right to live in a civil society.
this photo is 100% realistic, without any post-processing and after-effects manipulations. the cocktails against opponents just started to be used widely, so it was already getting hot, yet impossible to think of consequences. obviously, people didn't have another option, since politicians were brutally stealing their European hope!
12 years have passed, and still this story goes on. i've learned to interact with whatever unpredictability. not sure, if this situation would be left behind one day... anyway, it's useful to coordinate feelings with contemplative reality, which is usually different from the stuff people are used to on TV.
#ActForHumanity